It was a short visit home and another long trip across country yesterday and I’m presently in Midland, Michigan as a guest of Scientific Anglers (SA). As you know I fish Scientific Angler fly lines and tippet exclusively and have the good fortune of helping to develop and test new products that aid us all … Read more
Just when I thought I closed the books on fly fishing in New Hampshire 2015 along came one more event worth mentioning. While driving down highway 28 on the way to Manchester Airport today this common snapping turtle was crossing. It makes me sick that people run over a slow moving animal like a turtle … Read more
It’s been a fun ten days back here in New Hampshire. Granny and I have had a nice time with my family and some steady warmwater fly fishing. I say steady rather than good because fishing hasn’t been as good as the past few years. Both largemouth and smallmouth bass are running a couple inches … Read more
It broke my heart last Saturday morning when Sierra pushed the canoe off with me and her cousins Montana and Sammy. It was 5 AM and we were headed fishing to Back Bay here in Wolfeboro. Sierra wanted to go so bad but she had morning gymnastics and an afternoon softball game. As I suspected, … Read more
The one fish Granny and I haven’t rousted this week, and he’s one of my favorites, is the chain pickerel. I caught two tiny ones Saturday that were hardly worth mentioning. This morning, in the face of our wild and crazy night, at the crack of dawn Granny and I loaded the canoe and headed … Read more
I don’t mean to brag but I have fished so much the last two months it shocks even me! Since April I’ve hardly stopped. This week alone I’ve been up at 5 AM every day. Well, today I hit the wall. When the sun came up I sat up, looked and then went back to … Read more
Today Becky had the day off again as well as her husband Don. For Granny and me it wasn’t only a day to fish with them but also to go to another of my favorite Lakes Region haunts that has some of the nicest largemouth bass in the area. It’s a drive from camp so … Read more
I took a sigh of relief when the sunrise woke me up today instead of wind howling and rain pattering. Things were looking up. At 6 AM my sister Becky arrived at camp and we took off in the canoe in perfect conditions for fly fishing for smallmouth bass on Lake Winnipesaukee. When popping … Read more
The dreadful springtime nor’easter lasted all the way till this afternoon. Granny and I have been freezing at camp and going stir crazy not being able to fish. We’ve found ourselves at the local establishments more than once having some afternoon beers. At 3 PM, despite a 48° high temperature, we boarded the canoe for … Read more
Thirty-five years ago on any given summer Saturday night you’d find me in Back Bay enjoying the best chain pickerel fishing you could imagine with my cousin Jon. Since those early days we’ve only seen each other about five times and only fished together once. Today Jon drove two hours all the way up from Peabody, … Read more
I heard more than birds at 4:45 AM this morning from my sleeping spot on the porch here in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. This morning I had two nieces trying to wake me with subtle noises as not to be so obvious. Montana and her cousin Sierra were dying to get the day going at the … Read more
It was a long trip across country yesterday. Granny and I arrived in Manchester, New Hampshire at 11:45 PM. By the time we got our luggage and hopped in the car with my brother it was 12:15 AM and we didn’t get to Wolfeboro, New Hampshire until 2 AM. I threw down my insulate pad … Read more